Portuguese for Foreigners

 We have all as students been to that café where we look at the books opened on the table at the same time we have our coffee and take a bite on a piece of cake. When doing business, business lunches and dinners are a common task on our agendas. We could call this multitasking but many times it's all about managing the short time we have! So, why not do the same when learning Portuguese! there's no excuse not to learn it! I mean, you'll have to eat sometime! So, why don't we have a nice lunch at a nice terrace restaurant, taste our wonderful Portuguese gastronomy with a nice bottle of wine and learn a few words in Portuguese? Weekend's coming and you're not sure if your into a lesson because you'd rather spend your free time travelling and having a stroll at a nice place? Then, why don't you have both? You get to know nice new places while learning a new language! That's what strAv3L has to offer you!

strAv3L is an all-in-one service, located in Alcochete (Portugal), that offers touristic and cultural programmes as well as training in Portuguese as foreign language. For more detailed information, please visit out facebook page or contact stravel.portugal@gmail.com

strAv3L has also been travelling

Hello dear stravellers!
Please forgive our silence but strAv3L has been quite busy with other projects, which include traveling as well.
We have been in Barcelona with a group of Portuguese students and it was an adventure!

Now that we're back to our beautiful Lisbon, we can't wait to welcome us to this beautiful country.

strAv3L helps you organize an unique cultural and touristic experience in Portugal. Either a romantic getaway, a crazy weekend out, an experience with nature, will help you fulfill it. With us you can taste the best gastronomy and the best wines. Just tell us who you are and what you wish!

strAv3L is an all-in-one service, located in Lisbon (Portugal), that offers touristic and cultural programmes as well as training in Portuguese as foreign language. For more detailed information, please visit out facebook page or contact stravel.portugal@gmail.com

Gardens of Marquis of Pombal (Lisbon riverside, program 2)

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strAv3L is an all-in-one service, located in Alcochete (Portugal), that offers accommodation, touristic and cultural programmes as well as training in Portuguese as foreign language. For more detailed information, please visit out facebook page or contact stravel.portugal@gmail.com

Rossio (Lisbon Program 1)

Estação do Rossio (Photo Source: http://www.refer.pt)

strAv3L is an all-in-one service, located in Alcochete (Portugal), that offers accommodation, touristic and cultural programmes as well as training in Portuguese as foreign language. For more detailed information, please visit out facebook page or contact stravel.portugal@gmail.com

Baixa - Chiado (Lisbon Program 1)

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strAv3L is an all-in-one service, located in Alcochete (Portugal), that offers accommodation, touristic and cultural programmes as well as training in Portuguese as foreign language. For more detailed information, please visit out facebook page or contact stravel.portugal@gmail.com

Cais das Colunas (Lisbon Program 1)

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strAv3L is an all-in-one service, located in Alcochete (Portugal), that offers accommodation, touristic and cultural programmes as well as training in Portuguese as foreign language. For more detailed information, please visit out facebook page or contact stravel.portugal@gmail.com

Terreiro do Paço (Lisbon Program 1)

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strAv3L is an all-in-one service, located in Alcochete (Portugal), that offers accommodation, touristic and cultural programmes as well as training in Portuguese as foreign language. For more detailed information, please visit out facebook page or contact stravel.portugal@gmail.com

National Museum of Ancient Art (Lisbon Program 1)

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strAv3L is an all-in-one service, located in Alcochete (Portugal), that offers accommodation, touristic and cultural programmes as well as training in Portuguese as foreign language. For more detailed information, please visit out facebook page or contact stravel.portugal@gmail.com

National Coach Museum (Lisbon Programs 1 and 2)

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strAv3L is an all-in-one service, located in Alcochete (Portugal), that offers accommodation, touristic and cultural programmes as well as training in Portuguese as foreign language. For more detailed information, please visit out facebook page or contact stravel.portugal@gmail.com

Pastéis de Belém (Lisbon Programs 1 and 2)

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strAv3L is an all-in-one service, located in Alcochete (Portugal), that offers accommodation, touristic and cultural programmes as well as training in Portuguese as foreign language. For more detailed information, please visit out facebook page or contact stravel.portugal@gmail.com

Jerónimos Monastery (Lisbon Programs 1 and 2)

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strAv3L is an all-in-one service, located in Alcochete (Portugal), that offers accommodation, touristic and cultural programmes as well as training in Portuguese as foreign language. For more detailed information, please visit out facebook page or contact stravel.portugal@gmail.com

Centro Cultural de Belém (Lisbon Programs 1 and 2)

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strAv3L is an all-in-one service, located in Alcochete (Portugal), that offers accommodation, touristic and cultural programmes as well as training in Portuguese as foreign language. For more detailed information, please visit out facebook page or contact stravel.portugal@gmail.com

Monument to the Discoveries (Lisbon Programs 1 and 2)

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strAv3L is an all-in-one service, located in Alcochete (Portugal), that offers accommodation, touristic and cultural programmes as well as training in Portuguese as foreign language. For more detailed information, please visit out facebook page or contact stravel.portugal@gmail.com

Belém Tower (Lisbon Programs 1 and 2)

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strAv3L is an all-in-one service, located in Alcochete (Portugal), that offers accommodation, touristic and cultural programmes as well as training in Portuguese as foreign language. For more detailed information, please visit out facebook page or contact stravel.portugal@gmail.com

Jardins de Belém (Lisbon Programs 1 and 2)

Photo: Pelha

strAv3L is an all-in-one service, located in Alcochete (Portugal), that offers accommodation, touristic and cultural programmes as well as training in Portuguese as foreign language. For more detailed information, please visit out facebook page or contact stravel.portugal@gmail.com

strAv3L: Santarém program 6

Program 6:

•     Lunch at a restaurant in Almeirim («stone soup»)
•     Portas do Sol («Gate of the Sun»)
•     Saint Francis Convent
•     Sá da Bandeira High School Viewpoint
•     Santa Clara Church
•     Graça Church
•     Santa Maria de Marvila Church
•     Sanctuary of the Holy Miracle

strAv3L is an all-in-one service, located in Alcochete (Portugal), that offers accommodation, touristic and cultural programmes as well as training in Portuguese as foreign language. For more detailed information, please visit out facebook page or contact stravel.portugal@gmail.com

strAv3L: Santarém package

Santarém

Santarém is a beautiful city to the north of Lisbon, perched on top of a rocky mound where, from the gardens of the Porta do Sol, there’s a splendid view over the River Tagus and the marshlands. 

The Porta do Sol (Gate of the Sun) is one of the two remaining gates of the defensive walls of this city. Santarém was very important during the Middle Ages, when it acquired most of its rich artistic and cultural heritage. Start your visit from this gate so that you can get to know the city as it truly is by taking thematic tours of its monuments.

Begin with the Romanic-Gothic S. João de Alporão Church, which is also home to the Museu Arqueológico de Santarém (Santarém Archaeological Museum), and then head off to some of the city’s Gothic treasures, such as the Graça Church, the Santa Clara Church and the Santa Maria de Marvila Church.

The Santuário do Santíssimo Milagre (Sanctuary of the Holy Miracle) and the Núcleo Museológico do Tempo (Time Museum), located in the Torre das Cabaças (Tower of the Gourds), are also worth a visit.

And don’t miss Santarém’s Festival de Gastronomia (Culinary Festival), the country’s main culinary exhibition that takes place in the second half of October, and its Feira Nacional de Agricultura (National Agriculture Fair), which takes place in the first week of June.

text and photo from: http://www.visitportugal.com

strAv3L is an all-in-one service, located in Alcochete (Portugal), that offers accommodation, touristic and cultural programmes as well as training in Portuguese as foreign language. For more detailed information, please visit out facebook page or contact stravel.portugal@gmail.com

strAv3L: Coimbra program 5

Program 5:

•     Lunch at a restaurant in Mealhada (roasted piglet)
•     Walk through the centre of Coimbra
•     Walk through the University of Coimbra
•     Visit to Penedo da Saudade
•     Visit to Quinta das Lágrimas
•     Walk through Choupal National Forest

strAv3L is an all-in-one service, located in Alcochete (Portugal), that offers accommodation, touristic and cultural programmes as well as training in Portuguese as foreign language. For more detailed information, please visit out facebook page or contact stravel.portugal@gmail.com

strAv3L: Coimbra package

Coimbra / Mealhada

On the banks of the River Mondego, Coimbra was once capital of an emerging Portuguese kingdom. An ancient centre of learning, poetry and sculpture, Coimbra was also the setting for the love affair of Pedro and Inês. 

In place of the hilltop palace of the first Portuguese monarchs, you’ll now find the oldest university in Portugal and Europe.

Before the first royals, the Roman’s colonised the area, and their art is found in the Monastery of Santa Cruz, where St. Anthony lived and the first King of Portugal, Afonso Henriques died. Roman art is also found in the Old Cathedral, where students sing Coimbra-style fado on the steps. In Santa Clara-a-Velha, which dates back to Roman times as well, the beautiful Inês de Castro lived with the children she had with Prince Pedro. It was here she was murdered on the orders of King Afonso IV, giving rise to the most tragic and immortal love story written in Portuguese.

The Renaissance and the final transfer of the university to Coimbra in 1537 breathed new artistic freedom into the city. This is now seen in the beautiful Manueline doorway of the University Chapel and the magnificent ancient door in the walls of the Old Cathedral.

The Baroque style also left its mark on the sumptuous University Library, “the most beautiful and richly decorated library that I ever saw” according to a 19th Century diplomat. On its gilded shelves are 250,000 books.

From the top of its 178 steps, the old university clock tower still chimes out the hours too. Visit Coimbra for an unforgettable holiday.

text and photo from: http://www.visitportugal.com/

strAv3L is an all-in-one service, located in Alcochete (Portugal), that offers accommodation, touristic and cultural programmes as well as training in Portuguese as foreign language. For more detailed information, please visit out facebook page or contact stravel.portugal@gmail.com

strAv3L: Setubal/Troia program 4

Program 4:

•     Visit to the José Maria da Fonseca Wine Cellars (Setubal Moscatel)
•     Walk through the centre of Setúbal
•     Lunch at a local restaurant (fried cuttlefish)
•     Short cruise to Tróia
•     Walk through Tróia (possibility of spending the afternoon at the beach) 

strAv3L is an all-in-one service, located in Alcochete (Portugal), that offers accommodation, touristic and cultural programmes as well as training in Portuguese as foreign language. For more detailed information, please visit out facebook page or contact stravel.portugal@gmail.com